The Stronger By Science Podcast

In each episode, the Stronger By Science team delves into exercise and nutrition research, health and fitness trends, and listener questions. Through deep dives, banter, and anecdotes, you'll learn how to interpret and apply the latest science, how to explain fitness trends to your friends, and what actually matters when it comes to living a strong, healthy life.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h53m. Bisher sind 152 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 9 hours 53 minutes

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episode 131: All About Sleep (Part 2)


In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo delve into research on sleep's impact on lifting and sports performance, recount sleep-related anecdotes from their college days, and explore strategies to counteract poor sleep when enhancing sleep quality is not feasible. Finally, the team addresses several questions from the SBS social media communities.


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episode 130: All About Sleep (Part 1)


In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo take a deep dive in the research around sleep and health, from sleep duration to the latest data on sleep regularity and shift work.


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episode 129: Is Body Fat Spot Reduction Really a Myth? (Episode 129)


In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo tackle the research around body fat spot reduction. First, they tackle the research on various ointments, creams, garments, and whole body vibration. Following this, they discuss the evidence for spot reduction as an adaptation to different exercise types such as endurance and resistance training.


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 March 20, 2024  2h3m
 
 

episode 128: Extreme Volumes, Extreme Gains? (Part 2)


In the second and final part of the extreme volume for hypertrophy series, Greg, Pak, and Milo delve into the research on volume for hypertrophy. They review the remainder of the evidence and practical concerns, then answer audience questions.


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 March 6, 2024  4h39m
 
 

episode 127: Extreme Volumes, Extreme Gains? (Part 1)


In this episode, the SBS teams begins their deep dive into the data around really training high volumes and hypertrophy, going over the history of training volume practices and research while also taking an in-depth look at the latest high volume study by Enes et al.


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 February 21, 2024  2h29m
 
 

episode 126: Q&A: Insulin resistance and hypertrophy, stimulant metabolism, and BMR variability


In this Q&A episode of the podcast, Greg and Lyndsey answer questions about how to research a new subject, the effect of diabetes or insulin resistance on hypertrophy, how a pump might affect moment arms in movements, how much is too much isolation work, and more. They also give an update on the future of the podcast and announce that Dr. Pak and Dr. Milo Wolf are teaming up with Stronger By Science.


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 February 7, 2024  2h21m
 
 

episode 125: Long Muscle Length Training with Dr. Milo Wolf


In this episode, Greg sits down with Dr. Milo Wolf to discuss long muscle length training. Long-length partials are a hot topic, and Dr. Wolf is one of the folks doing research in this area and popularizing long-length partials as a training method to increase muscle growth.


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 January 24, 2024  3h19m
 
 

episode 124: Exercise Technique and Minimum Effective Dose Training with Dr. Pak


In this episode, Greg is joined by Dr. Patroklos Androulakis-Korakakis (Dr. Pak) to discuss his research on minimum effective dose training, and his recent narrative review on optimizing exercise technique for muscle growth. While this episode does dig into the research, the lads tried to keep a clear focus on actionable takeaways to help you improve your training results.


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 January 10, 2024  2h33m
 
 

Does the Evidence Now Support Effective Reps? (From the Data Driven Strength Podcast)


Greg was recently on the Data Driven Strength podcast to chat about their meta-regression on proximity to failure and hypertrophy. In the episode, Greg, Zac, and Josh discuss what we know about the mechanisms underpinning muscle growth and the weaknesses of the "effective reps" model. We think it's a conversation worth sharing, so we're re-releasing it in our feeds today as a special bonus episode.


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 December 27, 2023  4h3m
 
 

episode 123: Busting Myths about Cortisol with Beth Skwarecki


In this episode, Greg and Lyndsey sit down for a discussion about cortisol with Beth Skwarecki, the senior health editor at Lifehacker. The dangers of high cortisol are a persistent topic of conversation in social media content, so the discussion focuses on the types of claims that are being made, the dubious methods of self-diagnosis and “treatment” being recommended, and the potential risks and dangers associated with letting social media convince you that you’re basically an endocrinologist.


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 December 13, 2023  2h29m